Biographical Summary

Dr. Rheeda Walker is a licensed clinical psychologist whose program of research emphasizes two understudied areas—suicide science and African-American adult mental health. Communities throughout the United States are chronically underserved in part due to social and cultural barriers. This is perhaps especially true of mental health initiatives. All of Dr. Walker’s scholarly work has focused on suicide and its correlates toward the primary goal of developing culturally-relevant models of mental health and well-being.

Walker, R. L., & Bishop, S. (2005). Examining a model of the relation between religiosity and suicidal ideation in a sample of African American and White college students. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 35, 630-639.